Know For
Acting
Gender
Female
Birthday
1909-01-22 (92 years old)
Deathday
2001-03-15
Place of Birth
Valley City, North Dakota, USA
Also known As
Harriet Byron
Harriette Lake
Joan Larrabee
Foxy McNamara
Ann Southern
Harriette Arlene Lake
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Ann Sothern (born Harriette Arlene Lake; January 22, 1909 – March 15, 2001) was an American actress who worked on stage, radio, film, and television, in a career that spanned nearly six decades. Sothern began her career in the late 1920s in bit parts in films. In 1930, she made her Broadway stage debut and soon worked her way up to starring roles. In 1939, MGM cast her as Maisie Ravier, a brash yet lovable Brooklyn showgirl. The character, based on the Maisie short stories by Nell Martin, proved to be popular and spawned a successful film series (Congo Maisie, Gold Rush Maisie, Up Goes Maisie, etc.) and ...
1953
as Crystal Carpenter
1950
as Dell Faring
1940
as Florence 'Flo' Addams
1978
as Mrs. Karmann
1964
as Sade
1964
as Sue Ellen Gamadge
1943
as Ann Sothern
1941
as Dixie Donegan Crane
1949
as Rita Phipps
1974
as Thelma Lambert
1987
as Tisha Doughty
1939
as Maisie Ravier / Mary Anastasia O'Connor
1940
as Maisie Ravier
1935
as Adrienne Martin / Adeline Maxwell
1943
as Pat
1943
as Maisie Ravier
1965
as Mrs. Argona / Grace Argona
1942
as Maisie Ravier
1975
as Sheba
1942
as Hattie Maloney
1972
as Queen Gertrude
1940
as Maisie Ravier
1941
as Maisie Ravier
1941
as Maisie Ravier
1930
as Chorus Girl (uncredited)
1950
as Frances Elliott
1937
as Antoinette "Toni" Pemberton
1948
as June Tyme
1940
as Dulcy Ward
1937
as Mary Strand
1939
as Garda Sloane
1935
as Linda Henry
1936
as Fay Stevens
1938
as Jean Livingstone
1936
as Mary Cantillon
1935
as Mimi
1937
as Carol Rogers
1939
as Ellen Connelly
1947
as Maisie Ravier
1944
as Maisie Ravier
1946
as Maisie Ravier
1943
as Mary Jones
1971
as Ethel Gaines
1936
as Frances Cooke
1972
as Mother Bonaventure
1980
as Angel
1937
as Bettina Louise "Betty" Russell
1933
as Jean
1968
as Angela
1930
as Bit Part
1934
as Geraldine Sloane
1934
as Kitty Taylor
1937
as Connie Taylor
1936
as Kit Bennett
1934
as Joan Larrabee
1943
as Julia Seabrook
1948
as Joyce Harmon
1930
as Student
1935
as Patricia Thatcher
1937
as Eleanor
1947
as Peggy
1935
as Marge Walker
1933
as Singer
1985
as Ma Finney
1930
as Goldwyn Girl (uncredited)
1939
as Ethel Turp
1967
as Mrs. Kozzek
1929
as Performer in 'Meet My Sister' & 'Bicycle Built for Two' Numbers (as Harriet Lake)
1994
as (archive footage)
1936
as Ann Edwards
1930
as Zeppelin Reveler (uncredited)
1927
as Showgirl (uncredited)
1934
as Jane Blodgett
1940
1954
as Liza
1976
as (archive footage)
1944
as (archive footage)
1934
as Ruth Walker
1937
as Millicent Kendall
1971
as Annie La Cossit
1936
as Mary Taylor
1972
as Aunt Margaret Bancroft
1969
as Dolly Murdock
1937
as Herself
1974
as Finzie
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